The Mills curriculum
Active learning 主動教學
At Mills International Preschool, we believe that academic learning should be underpinned with play. We offer a diverse range of play activities that stimulate the senses, provide opportunities for creativity, develop fine and gross motor skills, as well as develop critical thinking skills. This child-centered and led approach means our students become confident learners who are engaged in the world around them, whilst their inquisitiveness motivates them to learn. We then help them to make sense of this knowledge and apply it to real-life situations.
We understand the importance both free and structured play have in developing key skill sets. We strive not only to give students an academic education but also to provide all round learning, to prepare them for the next stage in their academic and social lives.
Our teaching and learning strategy provides hands-on experiences and activities that stimulate children’s growth and curiosity whilst working in small groups, and we synthesise the latest research on cross-cultural communication, child development, and teaching into our curriculum.
在苗士國際幼稚園，學術教學與玩樂相輔相成。我們提供不同的遊戲和活動來刺激孩子們的感官、培養創意、增強大小肌肉的運動能力及培訓批判性思考。這個以孩子為中心的學習方式使我們的學生認識周遭環境，從而變得有信心，並擁有對學習的好奇心。然後，我們會教導學生把學會的知識應用在日常生活中。
我們明白自由及有組織的玩耍對孩子們發展關鍵技能的重要性，所以我們不但提供學術上的教育，更幫助他們全面地學習，為下一個階段的學業及社交做好準備。
我們的教學策略是為孩子們提供實踐經驗及小組活動，刺激他們的成長和好奇心。我們會綜合最新的研究，把跨文化溝通、兒童發展和教學的方法融入課程框架。
Bilingual immersion 雙語融合
The UK Early Years Foundation Stage Framework features the prime areas of learning and development: communication and language; physical development; and personal, social, and emotional development, with four specific areas in literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design.
英國幼兒基礎階段架構包含的主要範疇有學習和發展；溝通和語言；體能發展；以及個人，社交，情感發展，並包括讀寫能力，數理能力，了解世界以及表達藝術和設計這四個特定領域。
Mandarin at Mills 苗士的普通話教學
We pair the UK Early Years Foundation Stage Framework with daily intensive Mandarin with our native Mandarin-speaking teachers’ theme-based lessons that are fully-integrated into the wider curriculum. Children take advantage of our graded readers programme, conversation and vocabulary development, storytelling, and an interactive online learning system.
我們將“英國幼兒基礎階段架構”與日常的普通話訓練以及由普通話母語老師設計的主題課程結合在一起。這些課程已完全整合到更廣泛的課程中。孩子們可以利用我們的分級閱讀計劃，對話和詞彙發展，講故事以及互動的在線學習系統。
Mindfulness training 靜觀專注訓練
MindUP™ provides a set of social, emotional, and self-regulatory strategies and skills developed for pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students to cultivate wellbeing and emotional balance. It is an exceptionally effective teaching and learning tool. It is a social and emotional learning programme that has helped thousands of children and teachers in hundreds of classrooms and schools throughout the United States, Canada, and the UK.
When children understand how the brain works – the basic mechanics of its structure, its chemical reactions and neural pathways, and how the brain reacts to stimuli – they in turn become capable of using their brains more effectively and creatively, which leads to a more optimistic outlook and greater resiliency.
MindUP™ 提供了一組針對幼稚園至八年級學生的社交，情感和自我調節策略和技能，以培養健康和情感平衡。它是一種非常有效的教學及學習工具。這是一項已幫助美國，加拿大和英國的數百個教室和學校中的數千名兒童和教師社交和情感學習計劃。當孩子們了解大腦的工作原理，結構的基本力學，化學反應和神經通路以及大腦如何對刺激做出反應時，他們就能反過來變得更有效地，有創意地使用大腦，從而使他們變得更加樂觀和擁有更大的變通能力。
The MindUP™ curriculum helps children:
Reduce stress and anxiety
Improve concentration and academic performance
Gain greater self-awareness
Lessen peer-to-peer conflict (bullying)
Develop greater empathy
Resolve conflict without aggression
Acquire a greater appreciation for views that differ from their own
Secure happiness, optimism, and resiliency
University studies involving hundreds of educators in the United States and Canada confirm that consistent classroom use and fidelity to MindUP’s evidence-based tools and training create more optimistic classrooms, and foster more positive cultures in schools.
MindUP™課程可幫助兒童：
減輕壓力和焦慮
提高注意力和學術成績
增強自我意識
減低平輩衝突（欺凌）
發展同理心
解決衝突而不進行挑釁
學習欣賞與自己不同的觀點 •保持愉快，樂觀和變通能力 美國和加拿大數百名教育工作者的大學研究證實，一致忠誠的使用MindUP的循證實踐工具和培訓能創造出更積極的課堂，並在學校中促進了更積極正面的文化。
Look inside classes at Mills 看看苗士的課堂
